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Summer Reading Program

Fostering a love of reading and its rewards, the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading program is popular with students in the first through sixth grades and educators throughout America.

Participation is fun and an easy way for kids to earn free books. They simply read any eight books – library books, books borrowed from friends or books bought at Barnes & Noble – write about their favorite part, and bring a completed tear page to a Barnes & Noble bookstore. Children then choose their free book from a list of paperback titles.

This year, participating families will be entered into a national contest to win a NOOK Color Reader's Tablet™ with access to over two million NOOK Book™ titles and hundreds of NOOK Kids™ titles, including the recently launched Read and Play™ titles.  With NOOK Kids exclusive AliveTouch™ technology, kids can easily find an exciting story and engage with the books and their favorite characters by simply tapping to turn pages, interacting with the text, and zooming in and around gorgeous graphics.

The free Summer Reading program kicked off in Barnes & Noble stores across the country May 24 and continues through September 6, 2011.  Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com) will host Summer Reading blogs, games and other activities.

Everything you need to begin your journey to your imagination's destination with the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading program can be found online at www.bn.com/summerreading.  For more information on the NOOK Color sweepstakes, visit www.bn.com/summerreadingsweeps.